Thursday, April 15, 2010
What is an Arc Flash Event?
One of the scariest and most catastrophic events that can happen in any type of building (but especially in a chemical or manufacturing plant) is an Arc Flash Event. Not only can an arc flash cause enormous amounts of damage to equipment, it can cause serious injury or even death.
An Arc flash (or arc blast) is an electrical explosion resulting from a short circuit through air that flashes over from one exposed live conductor to another conductor or to ground.
Arc flash incidents are common and costly, and the frequency of reported accidents is increasing. Each year, arc flash events cause millions of dollars in equipment damage, injuires and deaths. Often times these injuries are caused by shrapnel from the damaged equipment hurtling through the air at over 700 miles per hour.
Infrared scans are able to spot abnormally high operating temperatures and identify them as Critical faults, giving you and your company the opportunity to fix it at a fraction of the cost of an arc flash event - and more importantly - protect the safety of your team.
IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit www.irinfraredservices.com or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thermalimageguy
An Arc flash (or arc blast) is an electrical explosion resulting from a short circuit through air that flashes over from one exposed live conductor to another conductor or to ground.
Arc flash incidents are common and costly, and the frequency of reported accidents is increasing. Each year, arc flash events cause millions of dollars in equipment damage, injuires and deaths. Often times these injuries are caused by shrapnel from the damaged equipment hurtling through the air at over 700 miles per hour.
Infrared scans are able to spot abnormally high operating temperatures and identify them as Critical faults, giving you and your company the opportunity to fix it at a fraction of the cost of an arc flash event - and more importantly - protect the safety of your team.
IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit www.irinfraredservices.com or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thermalimageguy
Labels: arc flash event, business infrared inspections, IR Infrared Services, predictive maintenance inspections, preventing electrical failure, thermal imaging
Thursday, April 1, 2010
What is Infrared Thermography?
Recently I talked to someone about how thermography could reduce his maintenance costs for his building and identify structural issues before they become expensive problems. During our conversation, I realized how it is still a relatively new service for many so I thought I'd do a series of blogs explaining what infrared thermography is and why you should incorporate an annual scan into your building maintenance plans.
What is Infrared Thermography?
Simply explained, it is the production of non-contact infrared or heat pictures from which temperature measurements can be made.
IR Infrared Services uses a portable infrared imaging system to take pictures of your building and equipment. Those pictures show levels of heat in color. For example:
This equipment looks perfectly normal to
the naked eye, right?
But an infrared picture shows a dangerous
issue that, if left unfixed, could cause
alot of expensive damage.
What is Infrared Thermography?
Simply explained, it is the production of non-contact infrared or heat pictures from which temperature measurements can be made.
IR Infrared Services uses a portable infrared imaging system to take pictures of your building and equipment. Those pictures show levels of heat in color. For example:
This equipment looks perfectly normal to
the naked eye, right?
But an infrared picture shows a dangerous
issue that, if left unfixed, could cause
alot of expensive damage.
Thermal images provide visible pictures for quantitive temperature analysis. You can then take corrective action before costly system failures. This is why Infrared (IR) thermography is a valuable tool for predictive maintanence and process monitoring systems.
IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit www.irinfraredservices.com or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thermalimageguy
Labels: business infrared inspections, business thermography, certified thermographers, IR Infrared Services, preventing electrical failure
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Is Infrared Thermography Expensive?
Have you ever put off going to the doctor for a physical because you didn't know how much it would cost? Or avoid having a car mechanic listen to that little ping in the engine? We imagine the expense will be so great that we wait, and then the little issue becomes a really big issue!
Since many consider Infrared Testing of Electrical Equipment to be a preventative measure, they put it off until a really big issue comes up. They might think it's a very expensive test and not economically feasible.
Would it surprise you to learn that the typical inspection cost per day is between $500 and $1050? Once a baseline infrared inspection is done, the frequency of follow-up inspections depends on the number of problems found during the initial survey, and may gradually reduce to once every 3-5 years.
How much can you save on your building insurance with regular infrared inspections? In many cases, the cost of the inspection results in lowered premiums that more than make up for the cost of preventative electrical component testing through infrared inspections.
So don't wait for a little easily fixable issue to turn into a roaring fire costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Find out if a full-service electrical infrared survey is right for your business!
IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit www.irinfraredservices.com or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thermalimageguy
Since many consider Infrared Testing of Electrical Equipment to be a preventative measure, they put it off until a really big issue comes up. They might think it's a very expensive test and not economically feasible.
Would it surprise you to learn that the typical inspection cost per day is between $500 and $1050? Once a baseline infrared inspection is done, the frequency of follow-up inspections depends on the number of problems found during the initial survey, and may gradually reduce to once every 3-5 years.
How much can you save on your building insurance with regular infrared inspections? In many cases, the cost of the inspection results in lowered premiums that more than make up for the cost of preventative electrical component testing through infrared inspections.
So don't wait for a little easily fixable issue to turn into a roaring fire costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Find out if a full-service electrical infrared survey is right for your business!
IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit www.irinfraredservices.com or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thermalimageguy
Labels: business infrared inspections, infrared thermal home inspections, predictive maintenance inspections, preventing electrical failure
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Can You Deep Fry a Turkey Using Thermography?
I'm pretty sure Paula Deen would say "No!" Sadly, although you cannot fry a turkey using thermal imaging, we could probably detect Tom Turkey if he got lost in an unseen hole in your insulation.
In all seriousness, a huge thank you goes out to all of our clients, friends, and family for their ongoing support this year. May everyone have a safe and happy holiday season!
In all seriousness, a huge thank you goes out to all of our clients, friends, and family for their ongoing support this year. May everyone have a safe and happy holiday season!
Labels: infrared thermal home inspections, preventing electrical failure
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Infrared Thermographic Testing Can Prevent Electrical Failures
I recently read an interesting article by CNA (you can read the whole article here: http://www.irinfraredservices.com/pdffiles/ElectricalFailuresAreaMajorCauseofLosses.pdf )
that claims the "largest single cause of dollar losses and more than 30% of all Fire losses" are due to electrical failure. In fact, electrical failure is the LEADING cause of industrial monetary loss.
Can you imagine knowing that you could effectively reduce the chances of devastating loss to your company through electrical failure simply by performing periodic thermographic inspections? Thermographic inspections can detect loose or corroded connections, overloaded or unbalanced circuits, and can show where corrective action should be focused.
It simply doesn't make financial sense to ignore the facts.
IR Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina.
that claims the "largest single cause of dollar losses and more than 30% of all Fire losses" are due to electrical failure. In fact, electrical failure is the LEADING cause of industrial monetary loss.
Can you imagine knowing that you could effectively reduce the chances of devastating loss to your company through electrical failure simply by performing periodic thermographic inspections? Thermographic inspections can detect loose or corroded connections, overloaded or unbalanced circuits, and can show where corrective action should be focused.
It simply doesn't make financial sense to ignore the facts.
IR Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Labels: home inspections in Rock Hill, infrared thermal home inspections, preventing electrical failure, thermographic testing
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